Ellison S. Onizuka's Birth Card: The 6 of Clubs

In the record

Ellison Shoji Onizuka (Japanese: エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次, Hepburn: Onizuka Shōji; June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut, engineer, and U.S. The birth-card coordinate for June 24 is the 6 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 6 of Clubs coordinate

Ellison S. Onizuka's birthday maps to the 6 of Clubs (The Nurturing Creator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a mission and not a verdict on Ellison S. Onizuka. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You pass on what you know without disappearing behind the lesson.

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Ellison S. Onizuka in the public record

Air Force flight test engineer from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. Onizuka was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space. Onizuka was born on June 24, 1946, to Japanese American parents Masamitsu and Mitsue Onizuka. He was a Buddhist. Onizuka had two older sisters, Shirley and Norma, and a younger brother, Claude, who became the family spokesman after the Challenger disaster. Growing up, Onizuka was an active participant in FFA, 4-H, and the Boy Scouts of America, where he reached the level of Eagle Scout. Onizuka graduated from Konawaena High School in 1964.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ellison Onizuka (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 8 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Ellison S. Onizuka, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Strategic and powerful thinking

Ellison Shoji Onizuka (Japanese: エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次, Hepburn: Onizuka Shōji; June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut, engineer, and U.S.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer.

Also on the record

1. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering in June 1969 and a Master of Science degree in that field the following December from the University of Colorado Boulder.
2. Onizuka participated in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps during his time there and is an alumnus of Triangle Fraternity, the AFROTC Arnold Air Society, as well as a member of the Tau Beta Pi honor society.
3. Onizuka married Lorna Leiko Yoshida on June 7, 1969, while completing his studies at the University of Colorado.
4. They had two daughters, Janelle Onizuka-Gillilan (b.

Other astronauts with this card

• Charles Lacy Veach — NASA Group 10 · Deceased · 2 flights
• James H. Newman — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
• Jerome Apt III — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
• Kenneth T. Ham — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Paul S. Lockhart — NASA Group 16 · Former · 2 flights
• Sally K. Ride — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Steven A. Hawley — NASA Group 8 · Former · 5 flights

FAQ

What is Ellison S. Onizuka's birth card?

The 6 of Clubs. June 24 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a spaceflight?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast missions, character, or fate.

Where do Ellison S. Onizuka's dates come from?

Birth date 1946-06-24 is the day-precision date on Ellison S. Onizuka's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight), verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only NASA dates and NASA↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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